Cyclone Guba

Cyclone Guba (JTWC designation: 02P, also known as Severe Tropical Cyclone Guba) was a tropical cyclone that resulted in 149 fatalities and severe damage across southeastern Papua New Guinea. The first named cyclone of the 2007-08 Australian region cyclone season, Guba formed on November 13, 2007 close to the island of New Guinea, and reached tropical cyclone intensity the next day by the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC) in Brisbane, with the TCWC in Port Moresby assigning the name Guba. It meandered in the northern Coral Sea for the next week, strengthening to a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone on November 16. It posed a threat to the Australian Cape York Peninsula, but remained offshore, and finally dissipated on November 20.